I am endeavouring to import 3d objects into ae - using the cinema 4d lite program. I have followed the How to insert 3D objects | Adobe After Effects CC tutorials tutorial and I have successfully tracked my footage using camera tracker. I have successfully produced an object in C4d, applied a texture and am witnessing the object in the scene which is using the tracking camera from AE.

I then save the file and import it into AE

I can see the scene in the FOOTAGE window - but I cannot see it in the comp window - all I get is a black screen.

I thought it might be the Fast preview option but this is turned off (final quality)

I have fully followed the tute - but its just not working - is there a known bug here or...

Hi Szalam - also having trouble importing c4d file into AE. The c4d shows up as black. Another forum (Troubleshoot Cinema 4D layer is black) says that it's a firewall issue, but none of those applications listed even show up in my firewall settings. I'm trying to animate a 3D model from Rhino. If there's an easier method to doing this, I'd be happy to know. From what I've read, photoshop 3D files were once able to be imported into AE as 3D objects, but that feature has since been removed with Adobe CC.

From what I've read, photoshop 3D files were once able to be imported into AE as 3D objects, but that feature has since been removed with Adobe CC.

And do you know WHY it's gone? Because it was lousy. It rarely worked well. It frequently worked badly. It was really stinky. And Adobe couldn't get it to work right because it was such a bad idea in the first place. You should be glad it's gone.

Hopefully by now you have found your answer... However, I have recently had this same issue, and came accross something that worked for me. So if any other wayward traveler finds themselves here, this is how I fixed the problem... The original post I found here: CreativeCOW

Go to the Effects Control panel and click on Cineware Options

Under CINEWARE TCP PORT mine was set to 5030 and I changed it to 5027, and now I can see my CD4 layer in AE

I had the same problem and I finally deducted that the issue was in my C4D file, not my AE, thanks to a previous C4D project I tested with. I noticed that not all of my "X","Y", &"Z" buttons were lite. I turned my "X" button on, and once I saved the file, my project showed up in my AE composition. Odd solution I thought.